Hi Noreen, I am so happy that I discovered your blog! I recently started weaving and got into some problems with cuting etc..and I found solutions here. Your blog is great help for any weaver.
I have finished yesterday one sliveless top for my daughter but I think it’s a bit narow. Any solutions to get some space on sides? It’s her birthday and I wanted it to be perfect!
Thanks! http://zexxyswife-crafts.blogspot.ca/

That’s great Idea, only it takes some time again to set up loom again, warp etc..How do you do these small pieces? On a regular loom or you have some small for quick set up? Also, one more question for future calculations, how much wider you usualy set up your warping not to end up like me with narrow cloths?
Thank you so much for all advices again
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I love this! It is just so cute, & I love that you did it in all one piece… But, exactly how DID you ‘origami’ it? I don’t have much right now, in the way of space (or $$, for that matter!) and I’d love to make a couple of these, for my (mid-teen) girls! One runs & walks, the other spends a lot of Friday nights in the chill of the school’s football field bleachers. I have some fleece that might get them through for a while, if you’re willing to share your origami method.
Thanks, either way, though. I love your blog, & would love to have a big loom, but must (for now) stick to lap size projects.
🙂

Hi Carla
Thank you 🙂 Actually, I didn’t do it all in one piece… I cut and folded several pieces and stitched them all together. I wove several different narrow bands of fabric and joined them lengthwise, and then pinned and stitched, and snipped and stitched, and un-stitched and re-stitched! LOL! I draped it on myself and on my cardboard mannequin, so there is no pattern- sorry.
If you would like actual patterns for vests and capelets that you can weave on small looms, then take a look at my patterns onhttp://www.crone-findlay.com/Crone-FindlayCreationsPotholderLoomWeaving.html
Happy weaving! 🙂
I guess I should design a hoodie vest for the potholder loom!

Bwahahaha!! Now I can see why it was hard to tell how you did it! I feel better now, about not being able to figure it out. But, you realize… Now, I’ll see it as a challenge to find a way to do it, all in one piece. 😉 Already mentally working on it!

Hi Noreen!
Wow, I just found you, & in just one post, I’ve decided, great blog, great project, & I want more! Lol
One question, though – would you mind sharing your ‘origami’ method? If not, I understand. I just want to make a couple of them in fleece (it’s what I have on hand, which means I can afford it) for my teen girls. One walks & runs, the other spends lots of Friday nights in the school football bleachers, in rather chilly weather, but neither wants to be over-heated or weighed down by a full jacket, & they get tired of wearing the same hoodies, all the time. I think this may be the perfect solution!
Thanks,
Carla

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